Nvidia faces mockery as flowers appear at HQ after CEO Jensen Huang resigns

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday following revelations of extramarital affairs, causing the company's stock to fall 4 percent and prompting internet mockery after flowers were placed outside its California headquarters. Huang stepped down after reports of affairs with an alleged Chinese spy and a subordinate executive, triggering an internal investigation. The company announced his immediate exit from the board, with CFO Colette Kress serving as interim CEO. The scandal emerged from New York Times reports, which China denied as unsubstantiated. Huang, who co-founded Nvidia in 1993, leaves the $4 trillion chipmaker at the center of the U.S.-China AI race, with a permanent successor search underway.